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John Glen Invitational – April 17, 2014

Jonny participated in the John Glen Invitational held at Muskigum University located between Zanesville and Cambridge. He competed in the Sprint Medley Relay and the 4×400 Relay. The meet schedule showed the 4×400 Relay starting at 10:10 pm and since it was over an hour drive home, Nikki and I decided that we were not going to attend this meet. The information in this post was provided by Jonny and Coach Agosta.

The Sprint Medley Relay consists of four legs, two 200 meter legs, a 400 meter leg and an 800 meter leg. Jonny was running the last leg of 800 meters. Jonny ran his 800 meters in 2:06.6 which is new outdoor personal best. The team ran the race in 3:52.32 which is a new Granville High School record, with Jonny running half the race. Congratulations Jonny. The team took 1st place in that event.

Jonny ran the last leg in the 4×400 Relay and completed his 400 meters in 53.6, which is a personal best for him. The team finished in 3:38.7 and again took first place at the meet.

Jonny was invited by the upperclassmen to celebrate with them at Steak and Shake after they got back to the High School. The kids didn’t have school the next day so he was allowed to go celebrate.

Stephanie is attending her Senior Prom for Granville High School tonight.

Stephanie and Marcus are attending the Granville High School 2014 Prom this evening. We had to rush back from Lexington where Jonny had a track meet earlier today. Nicole and Stephanie went out this morning and picked up the boutonniere for Marcus. Stephanie had to go on her own to get her hair and make-up done as Nikki and I were on our way to Lexington for the track meet.

Nikki was able to make it just in time for pictures at the Bryn Du Mansion in Granville. The kids were going out to dinner after pictures and then back to the mansion for prom.

Lexington Invitational

Jonny competed in the Lexington Invitational today. He was scheduled to run the 800 Meter run. 15 minutes before the 4×1600 Meter run one of his teammates hadn’t made it to the meet yet due to some confusion on what event he was running, so they asked Jonny to run in his place for the 4×1600.

He ran a his leg in 4:48 and was pleased with his time. He was told he only 6 seconds off the Granville Freshmen record and now he has a goal to beat that time by the end of this years track season. The team ran in 20:14.29 and finished 9th out of 14 teams running three freshmen and one Junior against the other Division I teams.

He ran in the 800 Meter run as well and finished with a time of 2:08.07. He finished 14th out of 29 and was the top freshman in the experienced field consisting of 2 Freshmen, 5 Sophomores, 8 Juniors and 14 Seniors.

Dick Houston Relays at Licking Valley High School

Jonny ran a couple of events at the Dick Houston Relays held at Licking Valley High School on April 4th. The weather was in the 50’s and steady rain, so the track was pretty slow.

He competed in the 4×1600 Meter relay and he ran the 400 meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay. In both events Granville took 2nd.

Jonny completed his leg of the 1600 Meter relay in 5:00.6. All he needed was .7 of a second to get sub 5 minutes. I’m sure if he knew he would have beat the 5 minute mark. Hopefully he will get another chance in another meet to accomplish that.

On his leg of the Distance Medley relay he ran the 400 meters in 55.2. This is his first high school outdoor meet and the conditions were far from ideal.

Ohio State Indoor Championship at the University of Akron

Jonny was invited to the Ohio State Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the University of Akron’s Stile Athletics Field House. It was a condensed day as there were limited competitors in the Division I finals.

Jonny ran in the 4×800 relay and the 4×400 relay.

The 4×800 relay was ran without two of the members of the relay team that qualified them for the state tournament. The reasoning being that they were running individual events themselves and those events were too close to the time of the 4×800 to allow for a full recovery. One individual ran the 1600 Meter run and scored a personal best time for himself. The other ran the 800 meter run and won the event by several seconds and almost had a new Ohio State Indoor record.

Jonny ran his 800 meter leg in 2:10, which was several seconds off his personal best. One of the other members of the relay team was sick according to Jonny and was well off his personal best time as well. The team did not make it to top 8 which receive medals.

Jonny ran in the 4×400 meter relay and Granville was seeded as the 4th team in the state. They were in the third and final heat of the 4×400 relay which consisted of the fasted seeded group. The first two heats saw several teams beat Granville’s seed time by over 4 seconds. Everyone was going to have to run their personal best for them to have a chance. Jonny ran his let in 54.2 which is his personal best by about a quarter of second. The team beat their previous time but by only 9/100’s of a second. They were 9th place and just missed the podium and a medal.

Jonny has a week of relaxed running and then practice starts for outdoor track.

Arnold Classic High School Indoor Meet

Today Jonny ran in the Arnold Classic High School Indoor Meet held in the French Field House at the Ohio State University. This is the last week to qualify for an invite to the Ohio Indoor Track and Field Championship Finals.

Jonny ran in the 4×800 and 4×400 relays today. The team had already qualified for the 4×400 with last week’s run in Akron. They were hoping to be able to qualify for the 4×800 finals with today’s run.

The team ran the 4×800 relay in 8:16.90 and it looks like that might be good enough to qualify for the State Finals next week. Jonny ran another personal best of 2:06 for his leg. He was really excited to qualify for another event next week at the University of Akron where the State Championship Finals are held. Currently that time looks to be the 4th fastest time that event was run this year.

The team ran the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:40.80. A little slower than last weeks 3:29.41. Last weeks time should qualify them for the State Championship though. Jonny’s split this week was 56 seconds, his personal best last week of 54 seconds stands. Jonny said one of their A runners from last week did not run this week, but the team still ended up in 2nd overall this week.

The results for the entire can be found on the Finish Timing Website.

Akron Rubber City Open Meet

Jonny competed in the Akron Rubber City Open Meet today. This is the same venue that the State Finals will be held in a couple of weeks. Jonny had a very long day as he had to be at the school at 6:00 am and did not make it back to the school until after 10:00 pm.

Jonny ran in the 800 Meter run and the 4×400 meter relay. His first event, the 800 meter run, he was seeded in the 2nd heat of the day out of 5 heats with each heat running about 11 runners. He won his heat with a time of 2:08.92 which is another personal best. He ended up 11th out 55 competitors and did very well running against more mature runners consisting of mostly Juniors and Seniors.  The official results of the boys 800 meter run can be found here.

His second race was the 4×400 relay. He was running with a team consisting of 3 seniors again. His team had a time of 3:29.41 and won their heat, but were beat out by a team in the 2nd heat, so they took 2nd out of 30 teams.  Jonny had a split time of 54 seconds in the 400 which was his 2nd personal best of the day.  The official results of the boys 4×400 meter relay can be found here.

Next week is the Arnold Classic back at the French field house at OSU where all the Buckeye Qualifiers were held. Then March 8th is the Ohio State Indoor Championship held at the University of Akron, which is where today’s meet was held. That meet is by invitation only. At this point I have to assume that Jonny is going to be invited to run in the 4×400 relay as Granville has the 2nd best time in the state with this weeks run. The team that beat them today has the fastest time in the state. Those two teams have not run in the same heat together yet.

OSU High School Qualifier #4 – French Fieldhouse

Jonny ran in the OSU High School Qualifier #4 today.  Next Saturday the meet is in Akron at the University of Akron.  After week following Akron is the Arnold Classic back at the French Fieldhouse at OSU.  Then the final week is back to the University of Akron for the State Indoor Track Finals which they get invited to by having an outstanding performance at one of the Qualifier meets held throughout the state.

Jonny ran in the 4×800 relay and the 4×400 relay today, just like last week.  The 4×800 didn’t go well for the boys.  The boys were put in the first heat for the 4×800 and running with the fast group.  Jonny was the lead leg and ran a good time for him of 2:12.  He found himself near the back of the pack early, but passed several kids as he made his laps.  He kept contact with the lead group and his hand off was clean.  The problem came between the 2nd and 3rd leg, when the 3rd leg runner asked for an exchange and the hand off was given one lap early, which earned them a DQ for the race.  Even with the 3rd leg having forced himself into running 1000 meters and his last 200 meter lap at a pace well below normal, because he gave it his all the previous lap, the boys would have finished 8th overall using 2 Juniors, 1 Sophmore and 1 Freshman in the race.

The 4×400 relay has Jonny running the last leg.  When he got the hand off he was pretty much by himself and that hurt him as he still learning his own abilities in the 400 meter.  With no one around to help pace him, he started very slow for a 400 meter race.  He realized at about the 150 meters in and picked up his pace significantly and started to catch the runner who had started way ahead of him to begin with and extended his lead in the first 150 meters.  Jonny came close at the end and could have easily beat him if he just kept pace with him at the beginning.  Coach counted that up as a learning experience.  The boys finished 9th overall out of 21 teams.

 

 

Zoey’s perspective on a walk

I bought a GoPro HD camera last week on Woot.com for about $50. It was delivered yesterday and was able to use one of the mounts to attach it to an extra dog collar we have.

This morning I thought I would give it a try and experiment with it on a walk with Zoey, while Penny was downstairs “helping” Nikki with laundry.

The camera just hangs from the collar and bounces around while Zoey is running, so the video isn’t that great, but it still gives you an idea of what it’s like on a walk for Zoey. Here is the video from walk.

Not the only puppy in the house

Zoey is no longer the only puppy in the house anymore. We picked up one of her litter mates after she was returned due to too much energy. Stephanie has named her Penny and it seems to work and she responds well to it.

Here is a video we took when they meet each other again after being separated as puppies.

Zoey is a little bent out of shape that this other puppy, even though it’s her sister, has come into our house and plays with all of HER toys.

Penny was nervous at first but is acclimating very well and quickly. She is a quick learner like Zoey and right now is the more timid of the two. Most likely because Zoey is more confident in her own home.

She slept with Stephanie in her bed the first night and it went so well that it appears Stephanie want’s her to sleep with her from now on.

They are starting to settle into each other and play all the time together. They really do keep each other entertained.

Nikki and I are both happy to have two dogs back in the house since Gunter has chosen the city life with Ashley.